Thank you for this update on the Mayor switching the Housing Bureau from Comm. Fish to his colleague Dan Saltzman, and the related implications.
I remember visiting the Occupy camp mid-day Saturday of the final weekend in 2011. Nick Fish was there trying to arrange temporary housing for those in need. I was very impressed by his thoughtful approach, in the trenches so to speak, on a weekend.
I'm disappointed, but not surprised that Hales switched the Bureau away from a housing activist commissioner and is taking on more of the leadership role himself. It was clear during the Mayor's candidacy--and his response to forum questions about the Occupy Movement--that he would take the Portland Business Alliance-favored approach to "cleaning up" the streets.
I remember visiting the Occupy camp mid-day Saturday of the final weekend in 2011. Nick Fish was there trying to arrange temporary housing for those in need. I was very impressed by his thoughtful approach, in the trenches so to speak, on a weekend.
I'm disappointed, but not surprised that Hales switched the Bureau away from a housing activist commissioner and is taking on more of the leadership role himself. It was clear during the Mayor's candidacy--and his response to forum questions about the Occupy Movement--that he would take the Portland Business Alliance-favored approach to "cleaning up" the streets.